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PicoEMP active

Low-cost electromagnetic fault injection tool built around the RP2040.

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In 2021 I designed something I called “PicoEMP”, announced on the forum here and you can see the source files.

It has been remixed numerous times, most famously (I think) is the FaultyCat.

The name comes mostly from the fact it’s using a R-Pi Pico to generate the drive waveforms.

You can see the demos in the PicoEMP repo, including using it to attack a bigger Pi: